"family throughout the series, and in his treatment of first Rubeus Hagrid and later Remus Lupin and Sirius Black as father-figures. The second book, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was originally published in the UK on July 2, 1998 and later, in the US on June 2, 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was then published a year later in the UK on July 8, 1999 and in the US on September 8, 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry"
"Harry Potter Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). Since the release of the first novel, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", on 26"
"Part 1"" in November 2010, and ""Part 2"" in July 2011. Throughout the six previous novels in the series, the main character Harry Potter has struggled with the difficulties of adolescence along with being famous as the only wizard to survive the Killing Curse. The curse was cast by the evil Tom Riddle, better known as Lord Voldemort, a powerful evil wizard, who had murdered Harry's parents and attempted to kill Harry as a baby, in the belief this would frustrate a prophecy that Harry would become his equal. As an orphan, Harry was placed in the care of his"
"was released in November 2010, and ""Part 2"" was released in July 2011. Five of the series' eight films are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"" the highest-grossing film in the series and one of 36 films to gross over $1 billion, ranking at number ten. Without inflation adjustment, it is the third highest-grossing film series with $7.7 billion in worldwide receipts. Late in 1997, film producer David Heyman's London offices received a copy of the first book in what would become Rowling's series of seven ""Harry Potter"""
"""Harry Potter"" sequels, beginning with ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"" in 2002, and ending with ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"" in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release. ""Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"" (2016) is the first film in the spin-off prequel ""Fantastic Beasts"" series. A sequel, titled """", has been released in November 2018, while three additional instalments have been announced, including one scheduled for 2020. Harry Potter, a seemingly ordinary eleven-year-old boy, is actually a wizard and survivor of Lord Voldemort's attempted rise to power. Harry is rescued"
"Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book from the series, yet the second shortest film at 2 hours and 18 minutes. After the publishing of ""Order of the Phoenix"", the sixth book of the series, ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"", was published on 16 July 2005, and sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was published 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies"
"June 1997; the second, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was published on 2 July 1998; and the third, ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", followed on 8 July 1999. ""Goblet of Fire"" is considerably longer than the first three; almost twice the size (the paperback edition was 636 pages). Rowling stated that she ""knew from the beginning it would be the biggest of the first four"". She said there needed to be a ""proper run-up"" for the conclusion and rushing the ""complex plot"" could confuse readers. She also stated that ""everything is on a bigger scale"" which"
"out to be allied with Lord Voldemort. He also discovers a talent of flying on broomsticks and is recruited for his house's Quidditch team, a sport in the wizarding world where players fly on broomsticks. The first book concludes with Harry's second confrontation with Lord Voldemort, who, in his quest to regain a body, yearns to gain the power of the Philosopher's Stone, a substance that bestows everlasting life and turns any metal into pure gold. The series continues with ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", describing Harry's second year at Hogwarts. He and his friends investigate a 50-year-old"
"by Bloomsbury in 1997, with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. By the end of 1997, the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The second book, ""Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"", was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is a 2011 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the second of two cinematic parts based on J. K. Rowling's 2007 novel of the same name. The film, which is the eighth and final instalment in the ""Harry Potter"" film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman, David Barron, and Rowling. The story continues to follow Harry Potter's quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes in order to stop"
"in the US on 2 June 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on 21 June 2003. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"""
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school, and with the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed"
"the second installment of the series. Reviewers were positive about the lead actors' performances but had polarised opinions on the movie as a whole. The 2004 release ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" was the third film in the series. Radcliffe's performance was panned by ""New York Times"" journalist A. O. Scott, who wrote that Watson had to carry him with her performance. Next was ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" in 2005. The film was the second-highest grossing ""Harry Potter"" film at that point, and Radcliffe singled out the humour as being a reason for the movie's"
"Harry Potter (film series) Harry Potter is a British-American film series based on the ""Harry Potter"" novels by author J. K. Rowling. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" (2001) and culminating with ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"" (2011). A spin-off prequel series that will consist of five films started with ""Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"" (2016), marking the beginning of the Wizarding World shared media franchise. The series was mainly produced by David Heyman, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert"
"among series of books. Thomas Wagner regarded the plot as very similar to that of the first book, based on searching for a secret hidden under the school. However, he enjoyed the parody of celebrities and their fans that centres round Gilderoy Lockhart, and approved of the book's handling of racism. Tammy Nezol found the book more disturbing than its predecessor, particularly in the rash behaviour of Harry and his friends after Harry withholds information from Dumbledore, and in the human-like behaviour of the mandragoras used to make a potion that cures petrification. Nevertheless, she considered the second story as"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the ""Harry Potter"" series. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". It was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" (2005) and the final confrontation between"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the ""Harry Potter"" series. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". It was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" (2005) and the final confrontation between"
"the Chamber of Secrets"" in 2002 and ending with ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"" in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release. In late 1981, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Rubeus Hagrid, professors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, deliver a recently orphaned infant named Harry Potter to his only remaining relatives, the Dursleys. Ten years later, Harry has been battling a disjointed life with the Dursleys. After inadvertently causing an accident during a family trip to the zoo, Harry begins receiving unsolicited letters by owls. After the Dursleys escape to an island"
"Potter and the Deathly Hallows"" will be."" Susan Cooper's ""Dark Is Rising"" sequence (which commenced with ""Over Sea, Under Stone"" in 1965 and now more commonly bound in a single volume) have been compared to the ""Harry Potter"" series. The second novel, also called ""The Dark Is Rising"", features a young boy named Will Stanton who discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is in fact imbued with magical power; in Will's case, that he is the last of the Old Ones, beings empowered by the Light to battle the Dark. The books open in much the same way, with"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the ""Harry Potter"" series. It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. Five million copies were sold in the first"
"for many awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. It was followed by six sequels, beginning with ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" in 2004 and ending with ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"" in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release. Harry Potter spends the summer with The Dursleys without receiving letters from his Hogwarts friends. In his room, Harry meets Dobby, a house-elf who warns him of a peril that will take shape if he returns to Hogwarts. Dobby reveals that he intercepted"
"the UK on 8 July 1999, and in the US on 8 September 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on 21 June 2003. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" was published on 16 July 2005, and it sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide"
"Smarties Prize. In December 1999, the third novel, ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", won the Smarties Prize, making Rowling the first person to win the award three times running. She later withdrew the fourth ""Harry Potter"" novel from contention to allow other books a fair chance. In January 2000, ""Prisoner of Azkaban"" won the inaugural Whitbread Children's Book of the Year award, though it lost the Book of the Year prize to Seamus Heaney's translation of ""Beowulf"". The fourth book, ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"", was released simultaneously in the UK and the US on 8"
"US on 8 September 1999. ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"", the longest novel in the Harry Potter series, was released 21 June 2003. After the publishing of ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"", the seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was released 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US. Rowling stated that"
"sequel named ""Dan and the Caverns of Bone"" was issued in June, 2013. The book ""The Pets You Get"" with his illustrations won the ""Stockport Schools’ Book Award"" in 2013 (early years category) and also the ""Oldham Brilliant Books Award"". Thomas Taylor (artist) Thomas Henry Taylor (born 22 May 1973) is a British children's writer and illustrator. He studied at Anglia Ruskin University. He painted the cover art for the first edition of ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"". Due to the number of questions regarding the identity of the wizard illustrated on the back cover of the first edition"
"were concerned with the violence contained in the novel and with morality issues occurring throughout the book. ""The New York Times"" writer John Leonard praised the novel, saying """"The Order of the Phoenix"" starts slow, gathers speed and then skateboards, with somersaults, to its furious conclusion...As Harry gets older, Rowling gets better."" However, he also criticises ""the one-note Draco Malfoy"" and the predictable Lord Voldemort. ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the fifth book in the ""Harry Potter"" series. The first book in the series, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"" was first published by Bloomsbury in"
"Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"" is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on June 21, 2003. ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"" was published on July 16, 2005 and sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was published on July 21, 2007. The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and"
"was published on 16 July 2005; it sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release. The seventh and final novel, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was published on 21 July 2007. The book sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of release, breaking down to 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US. The series has been translated into 80 languages, placing Rowling among the most translated authors in history. The books have seen translations to diverse languages such as Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Bulgarian,"
"epilogue of ""Deathly Hallows"" in the year 2017, Harry Potter and Ginny Potter send their second son, Albus Severus Potter, on the Hogwarts Express to begin his first year at Hogwarts. Harry is now working in a desk job as the Head of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic, while Ginny is the editor of the sports section of ""The Daily Prophet"". Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger also send their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley on the train. Hermione is now Minister of Magic, while Ron manages Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley. Albus makes an unlikely friendship in Scorpius"
"second son Albus Severus Potter, his friend, Draco and Astoria Greengrass's son Scorpius Malfoy into stealing a prototype Time Turner with which she hopes to resurrect her father. Using the Time Turner, Scorpius accidentally creates an alternative timeline where Voldemort killed Harry at the battle and now rules the wizarding world. In an attempt to achieve this future, Delphi travels to Godric's Hollow on the night Voldemort killed Harry's parents, hoping to avert the prophecy that led to her father's downfall. After receiving a message from his son, Harry, together with Ron, Hermione and Draco (who by now has become"
"working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the ""Harry Potter"" series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband and relative poverty until the first novel in the series, ""Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"", was published in 1997. There were six sequels, of which the last, ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"", was released in 2007. Since then, Rowling has written five books for adult readers:"
"The Two Towers The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel ""The Lord of the Rings"". It is preceded by ""The Fellowship of the Ring"" and followed by ""The Return of the King"". ""The Lord of the Rings"" is composed of six ""books"", aside from an introduction, a prologue and six appendices. The novel was originally published as three separate volumes due to post-World War II paper shortages and size and price considerations. ""The Two Towers"" covers Books III and IV. Tolkien wrote, """"The Two Towers"" gets as near as possible to finding"
"of 14 nominations, and won in the Best Scream-Play, Best Fantasy Actor (Daniel Radcliffe), Best Villain (Ralph Fiennes), Best F/X, and Holy Sh*t scene of the Year categories. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is a 2011 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the second of two cinematic parts based on J. K. Rowling's 2007 novel of the same name. The film, which is the eighth and final instalment in the ""Harry Potter"" film series, was written by Steve Kloves"